Blow-by-blow men Bernardo Osuna and Joe Tessitore and analyst Tim Bradley pointed out the statistical flops from New York and Riyadh at every opportunity and their card's top end delivered, with a fun featherweight scrap between Rafael Espinoza and Edward Vazquez followed by Naoya Inoue's surprisingly tough defense of his 122-pound supremacy.

Canelo Alvarez once came to Ryan Garcia's defense after he received intense backlash for his controversial actions ahead of his showdown with Devin Haney.

In light of this huge upset defeat for ‘King Ryan’, newly-crowned undisputed super-middleweight champion Canelo Alvarez has given an honest reaction to his former stablemate’s performance. Speaking to Fight Hub TV, Canelo said ‘these things happen’ in sport.